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Honduras so far has suspended 32 people, including 25 police officers and two anti-narcotics officers, assigned to Tegucigalpa's Toncontin airport, through which three Honduran men smuggled almost $7.2 million in cash, funds that were seized on the weekend in Panama, officials said Tuesday. continue reading »

Spanish construction giant Sacyr, which leads a consortium building a third set of locks for the Panama Canal, expressed optimism that a financing solution can be reached in talks with the waterway's administrators to keep the expansion project going. continue reading »

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said Friday the canal authority and the consortium building a third set of locks for the waterway were still trying to resolve a dispute that threatens to bring the project to a halt. continue reading »

Both the GUPC consortium building a third set of locks for the Panama Canal and the waterway's administrators dug in their heels Thursday in a dispute that threatens to delay completion of a $5.25 billion expansion project. continue reading »

The Spanish-led consortium working on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal proposed to the waterway administration that it provide it with an advance of $400 million to avoid a suspension of work this month. continue reading »

The Panama Canal Authority and the Spanish-led consortium working on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Central American nation's inter-oceanic waterway agreed Monday on a framework for talks to avert an interruption of the project. continue reading »

Panama Canal Authority administrator Jorge Quijano said in an interview published in the Spanish press Sunday that those in charge of the $5.25 billion expansion of the Central American nation's inter-oceanic waterway are "prepared to be a little aggressive" and added that the project will be completed "as soon as possible." continue reading »

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on Thursday demanded that the consortium working on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Central American nation's inter-oceanic waterway complete the project for the amount the parties originally agreed. continue reading »

The Spanish-led consortium building a third set of locks for the Panama Canal announced Wednesday that it will halt work due to the impossibility of completing the project for the amount specified in the original contract. continue reading »

Recently, a German building statistics company released a list of the world's most colorful high-rises. Emporis searched across the globe for buildings whose hues strayed from the typical gray. continue reading »

Mexican narco Juan Juarez Orosco ‘El Abuelo’ has been extradited from Panama to the U.S. on charges of trafficking tons of cocaine from Central America to Mexico so cartels could distribute to the U.S. continue reading »

The Ibero-American heads of state and government gave the go-ahead to reforming their until-now annual summits, which starting in 2014 will be held every two years, and the restructuring of their coordinating committee, the Ibero-American General Secretariat, or SEGIB. continue reading »

The 23rd Ibero-American Summit will conclude here on Saturday, an event marked by the notable absence of more than half of the Latin American presidents and of Spain's head of state, King Juan Carlos, who is recovering from a hip operation. continue reading »